Give me s'more: the best (and by that I mean possibly the worst) discovery ever.

A couple of weeks ago, I made a few little impulse buys at the grocery store: a big bag of marshmallows, a box of graham crackers, and (you guessed it) a bar of chocolate.  We were at the height of our grilling frenzy and I got to thinking what better possible dessert than that old campfire classic s'mores?  I mean, a kebab skewer isn't all that different from a twig or an unwound wire coat hanger (don't tell me that you've never used that trick in a pinch) and what is a gas grill but a contained and controlled open fire? 

It turns out that, at least when it comes to s'mores making, there are significant differences.  I would tell you about all of them in great detail, except that I only discovered one: it takes too long to roast a marshmallow over a standard gas grill. (That is, assuming that it can be done at all.  I gave up before I could either prove or debunk that theory.)

But lest you think this tale ends in tragedy, let me assure you that right on the heels of my failed "grilled s'mores" experiment came an even greater discovery: if you pop a marshmallow in the microwave for 15 seconds or so, it puffs up and gets perfectly s'mores soft.  Cue two pieces of graham cracker and a good sized chunk of chocolate to reign it all in and you are in business! 

Confession: we have been eating (at least) one of these a night for the past several nights.  But hey, at least we're getting eight grams of whole grains in the process.  It says so right on the box.